For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall mean:

(a)   Abandon includes the leaving of an animal by its owner or other person responsible for its care or custody without making effective provisions for its proper care.

(b)   Animals means all vertebrate and invertebrate animals such as but not limited to bovine cattle, horses and other equines, hogs, goats, dogs, cats, rabbits, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, and other fowl or wild animals, reptiles, fish, bees or birds that have been tamed, domesticated or captivated.

(c)   Animal Shelter means the facility or facilities operated by the city or its authorized agents or any location designated by the city for the purpose of impounding or caring for animals under the authority of this chapter or state law.

(d)   At-large means to be outside of a fence or other enclosure which restrains the animals to a particular premise or not under the control, by leash or lead, of the owner or other authorized person capable of restraining the animal. Animals tethered to a stationary object within range of public thoroughfares are deemed to be “At-large.”

(e)   Bite means any actual or suspected abrasion, scratch, punctures, tear, bruise, or piercing of the skin, caused by any animal, which is actually or suspected of being contaminated or inoculated with the saliva from the animal, directly or indirectly, regardless of the health of the animal causing such bite.

(f)   Cat means any member of the species felis catus, regardless of sex.

(g)   Dangerous or Vicious Animal means any animal deemed to be dangerous or vicious, and as defined in section 2-115.

(h)   Dog means any member of the species canis familiaris, regardless of sex.

(i)    Domesticated means bred for and adapted to living dependently in an urban household setting.

(j) Fowl means all animals that are included in the zoological class aves, which shall include, but not limited to, chickens, ducks, turkeys, guineas and pigeons.

(k)   Harbor means any person who shall allow any animals to habitually remain or lodge or to be fed within his or her home, store, yard, enclosure or place of business or any other premises where he or she resides or controls.

(l)    Humane Live Animal Trap means any cage trap that upon activation encloses an animal without placing any physical restraint upon any part of the body of such animal.

(m)  Humanely Euthanize means the painless administration of a lethal dose of an agent or method of euthanasia as prescribed in the Report of the American Veterinary Medical Association Panel on Euthanasia most recently published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association that causes the painless death of an animal. Animals must be handled prior to administration of the agent or method of euthanasia in a manner to avoid undo apprehension by the animal.

(n)   Immediate Control means the physical control and supervision by a competent person that an animal is unable to run or get loose at will.

(o)   Kennel means any establishment, commercial or otherwise, maintained for breeding, rearing, grooming, boarding, or otherwise harboring in an enclosure in one location only, four or more dogs.

(p)   Livestock includes, but is not limited to cattle, horses, goats, sheep or other animals commonly regarded or used as farm or ranch animals.

(q)   Neutered means any male or female cat or dog that has been permanently rendered sterile.

(r)    Own means and includes own, keep, harbor, shelter, manage, possess, or have a part interest in any animal. If a minor owns any animal subject to the provisions of this chapter, the head of the household of which such minor is a member shall be deemed to own the animal for the purposes of this chapter.

(s)   Owner/Keeper means the one who owns, or his or her employee, agent, or other competent person into whose charge an animal has been placed by the actual owner as described in subsection (r) above.

(t)    Premises means where an animal is kept, harbored or maintained

(u)   Vaccination means an injection of a vaccine, approved by the State Board of Public Health and administered by a licensed veterinarian for the purpose of immunizing an animal against rabies.

(v)   Veterinarian means a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine licensed by the State of Kansas.

(Code 2003; Ord. 866; Code 2018)

There is hereby created the position of animal control officer for the city and such officer shall be charged with the enforcement of this chapter.

(a)   The animal control officer, or designee in the absence of the animal control officer, whenever animal control officer is used in this chapter, shall be responsible for the enforcement of this chapter and is authorized to make investigations and to mail notices, orders, or directions as necessary for the enforcement of this chapter and to place and maintain traps for the apprehension of abandoned animals and confinement of such animals at an animal shelter in accordance with K.S.A. 47-1701 et seq. as amended.

(b)   The animal control officer shall have the power of a law enforcement officer for the purposes of signing complaints and serving a notice to appear when the animal control officer has probable cause to believe such person has or is violating a section of this chapter, when such violation has occurred or is occurring in the presence of the animal control officer, or where the animal control officer has responsibility for enforcing this chapter.

(c)   It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, obstruct, hinder, resist or oppose any animal control officer in the discharge of any official duty associated with the enforcement of any section or article of this chapter. It shall be considered a violation of this section if a person refuses to relinquish possession of an animal to the animal control officer, upon request of an animal control officer, if the request is based upon an alleged violation of any article or section of this chapter. Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100.

(Code 2003; Ord. 866; Code 2018)

When deemed necessary by law enforcement officers or the animal control officer for the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city, such officers and/or their agents may:

(a)   Place a humane trap on public or a requesting resident’s property for the purpose of capturing any animal defined in this chapter as creating a nuisance in the city;

(b)   Use any tranquilizer guns, humane traps, or other suitable devices to subdue and capture any animal that is deemed by the animal control officer, in his or her discretion, to be of a danger to itself or to the public health and safety;

(c)   Use firearms or other suitable weapons to destroy any rabid animal, any vicious animal as defined in section 2-115, or any animal creating a nuisance as defined in section 2-111, where such animal is impossible or impractical to catch, capture or tranquilize; or

(d)   Take immediate possession of any animal deemed in the opinion of the animal control officer to be the subject of abuse, neglect or cruelty, as defined by section 2-107, the Uniform Public Offense Code, or state statute.

(Code 1986; Ord. 866; Code 2018)

The animal control officer shall have the right of entry upon any private unenclosed lots or lands for the purpose of collecting any animal whose presence thereupon is a violation of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with the animal control officer in the exercise of this right.

(Code 1986)

(a)   A municipal pound shall be established to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such a pound may be operated by a contractor and all services required herein may be provided by a contractor. When so contracted, the pound shall have the following services and facilities as a minimum:

(1)   Adequate pickup and impounding of all stray and ownerless dogs and cats and animals otherwise in violation of the provisions of this chapter.

(2)   Group holding facilities for stray, ownerless and unvaccinated animals impounded for violation of the provisions of this chapter.

(3)   Individual isolation for sick, biting, rabid and suspected rabid animals.

(4)   Facilities for the humane destruction of animals.

(b)   Any person voluntarily surrendering ownership of a dog, cat, or other animal to the municipal pound shall be assessed a fee of $65.00 for each dog, cat, or animal. The fee shall be payable at the time of surrender of the dog, cat, or animal.

(Code 1986; Ord. 907)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to open, unlock, break open or attempt to break open the pound, or to take or let out any animal placed therein, or take or attempt to take from an authorized officer of this city any animal taken up by him or her under the provisions of this chapter, or in any manner interfere with or hinder any authorized officer or employee of this city in catching, taking up, or impounding any animal.

(b)   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, other than those duly authorized, to care for, feed, attempt to feed, or interfere in any way with the care of impounded animals.

(c)   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons other than those duly authorized to tamper with or remove animal traps.

(d)   Violation of this section is punishable by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(Code 1967, 2-212; Code 2003; Ord. 866; Code 2018)

It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(a)   Willfully or maliciously kill, maim, disfigure, torture; beat with a stick, chain, club or other object; mutilate, poison, burn or scald with any substance; or otherwise cruelly set upon any animals, except that reasonable force may be employed to drive off vicious animals.

(b)   Drive or work any animal cruelly or cruelly work any maimed, mutilated, infirm, sick or disabled animal, or cause, allow or permit the same to be done.

(c)   Have, keep or harbor any animal which is infected with any dangerous or incurable and/or painfully crippling condition except as provided in section 2-108.

(d)   Sell or offer for sale, barter, give away, or use as an advertising device or promotional display, living baby chicks, rabbits, ducklings or other fowl under two months of age in any quantity less than 12; or to sell, offer for sale, barter, give away, or display animals or fowls as specified in this section which have been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to impart to them an artificial or unnatural color. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of animals or fowls as specified in this subsection, in proper facilities, by hatcheries or persons engaged in raising and selling such animals and fowls for recognized animal husbandry purposes.

(e)   Promote, stage, hold, manage, or in any way conduct any game, exhibition, contest or fight in which one or more animals are engaged for the purpose of injuring, killing, maiming, or destroying themselves or any other animal.

(f)   Neglect or refuse to supply such animal with necessary and adequate care, food, drink, air, light, space, shelter and protection from the elements as necessary for health and well-being of such kind of animal.

(g)   Abandon or leave any animal in any place without making provisions for its proper care.

(h)   These provisions shall not apply to the exceptions sanctioned under section 2-108.

(i)    Violation of this section is punishable by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(j)    In addition to the penalties provided in section 1-116 of this code, the municipal court judge may order a person convicted of a violation of this section to turn the animal involved over to the city. All such animals taken by the city may be placed with another person or be subject to any other disposition deemed reasonable by the city.

(Code 1986; Ord. 866; Code 2018)

The provisions of section 2-107 shall not apply to:

(a)   Normal or accepted veterinary or veterinary hospital practices or treatment of animals under active veterinary care;

(b)   Bona fide experiments carried on by commonly recognized research facilities;

(c)   Killing, attempting to kill, trapping, catching or taking of any animal in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 32 or Chapter 47 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated;

(d)   Rodeo practices accepted by the Rodeo Cowboys’ Association;

(e)   The humane killing of an animal which is diseased or disabled beyond recovery for any useful purpose, or the humane killing of animals for population control, by the owner thereof or by an authorized agent such as a licensed veterinarian, at the request of the owner;

(f)   The humane killing of an animal by a public health officer in the performance of his or her official duty; and

(g)   The humane killing of an unclaimed animal after three full business days following the receipt of such animal at a municipal pound or an incorporated humane society shelter by the owner, operator or authorized agents of such establishments.

(Code 1986; Ord. 866; Code 2018)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to raise or keep livestock within the city limits.

(Code 1967, 2-103,106; Code 2003)

It shall be unlawful for any person to use, place, set out, or deploy any animal trap aboveground, which makes use of a spring gun, spring jaws, clamping devices, cutting or stabbing mechanism or any other devices that will damage or severely injure any animal when caught or trapped by the device or trap; except that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use of animal traps that are so designed to trap and hold animals without injuring the animals.

(Code 1986)

It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal to keep or maintain such animal in the city so as to constitute a nuisance. For the purpose of this section, nuisance is defined as any animal which:

(a)   Molests or interferes with persons in the public right-of-way;

(b)   Attacks or injures persons, or other domestic animals;

(c)   Damages public or private property other than that of its owner or harborer by its activities or with its excrement;

(d)   Scatters refuse that is bagged or otherwise contained;

(e)   Causes any condition which threatens or endangers the health or well-being of persons or other animals.

If a summons is issued charging violation of this provision, a subpoena shall also be issued to the complainant to testify to the nuisance under oath.

(Code 1986)

The keeping or harboring of any animal which by loud, frequent and habitual barking, howling, yelping, mewing, roaring or screeching shall disturb the peace of any neighborhood is hereby prohibited. It shall be the duty of any person harboring or keeping such loud or noisy animal or animals to abate the condition, and if he or she fails to do so, the city may abate it by taking up, impounding and/or disposing of the animal at the expense of the owner.

(Ord. 404, Sec. 2-214; Code 1986)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any animal in any yard, structure or area that is not clean, dry and sanitary, free from debris and offensive odors that annoy any neighbor, and devoid of rodents and vermin. All animal pens and yards shall be so located that adequate drainage is obtained, normal drying occurs, and standing water is not present.

(b)   All domestic animal shelters shall be cleaned at least once each week or more often if necessary to prevent or control odors, fly breeding, and rodent infestation.

(c)   Domestic animal shelters owned or operated as a stockyard shall be cleaned as often as is necessary, as determined by the health officer, to control fly breeding or to control other conditions adversely affecting the public health.

(d)   Collected fecal material and other solid organic waste shall be disposed of at a sanitary landfill, fertilizer processing plant, or by proper dispersal on land used for agricultural purposes.

(e)   Grain or protein feed shall be stored in tightly covered rodent-proof metal containers or rodent-proof bins.

(f)   Premises subject to the terms of this chapter shall be maintained free of rodent harborage and in accordance with sections 8-701:708 of this code.

(g)   Wherever reasonable, use shall be made of anti-coagulant rodenticides for the control of rodents and organo-phosphorus insecticides for the control of flies or any other effective chemical means for the control of rodents and flies.

(h)   Wherever reasonable, use shall be made of soil sterilants and herbicides or other effective means for the control of weeds and grass around structures and buildings.

(i)    All domestic animals shelters and board fences shall be maintained in good repair and that all animal shelters and board fences subject to residential and commercial classification shall be protected from deterioration by painting.

(j)    Enclosures including fences where domestic animals such as horses, cows, sheep and goats are maintained by persons subject to a residential classification permit shall be constructed in a manner, using dimension lumber materials, or other effective means to prevent domestic animals from breaking out or causing hazard to persons or property.

(k)   Garbage shall not be fed to fowl.

(l)    Refuse shall be stored in proper containers or in a manner approved by the animal control officer and/or health officer and disposed of at least once each week or as frequently as may be required by the health officer.

(m)  The solid wastes accumulated from the cleaning of domestic animal shelters maintained by persons subject to a residential classification permit as herein provided shall be stored in metal containers, with tight-fitting metal lids, and all such stored or accumulated wastes shall be disposed or at least once each week.

(n)   Barbed wire fences and electrically charged fences shall not be permitted for animal shelters except on properties for which an agricultural classification permit is held or where the barbed wire fence or electrically charge fence is protected by an exterior fence.

(o)   Holding lots, pens and floors of sheds and buildings where domestic animals are held and which are maintained by persons subject to an industrial classification permit according to the terms of this chapter shall be surfaced with concrete or asphalt materials and that the drainage system of such surfaced areas shall include proper retaining walls and traps to control the waste from draining into watercourses and such drainage system shall be subject to the approval of the health officer. The health officer shall waive this standard for domestic animal holding operations where such animal holding is longer than 24 hours for any domestic animal involved or where dirt lots are more appropriate to the proper care of cattle, horses or sheep.

(p)   Solid wastes accumulated from the cleaning of domestic animal shelters maintained by persons subject to a commercial, industrial or agricultural permit according to the terms of this chapter shall be stored on concrete slabs or other facilities, such as dirt lots on which is stockpiled manure with an exposed perimeter as approved by the health officer; provided that all solid waste shall be properly disposed of at least once each week or as may be approved by the health officer.

(q)   All premises on which animals are kept shall be subject to inspection by the chief of police or the animal control officer. If such official determines from such inspection that the premises are not being maintained in a clean and sanitary manner, he or she shall notify the owner of the animals in writing to correct the sanitation deficiencies within 24 hours after notice is served on the owner. Any animal kept under any condition which could endanger the public or animal health or create a health nuisance may be impounded. Animals shall be released after fees are paid and cause for impoundment has been corrected.

(Code 1986)

All dead animals shall be disposed of by the owner or keepers within 24 hours of the animal’s death, by burial, incineration in a facility approved by the animal control officer, by rendering or by other lawful means approved by the animal control officer. No dead animal shall be dumped on any public or private property.

(Code 1986)

(a)   It shall be unlawful to own. keep or harbor, or have custody of, within the city, any animal which has a communicable disease or is vicious or dangerous. lmpoundment of animals whose owners have been cited for violation of this section shall be at the discretion of the animal control officer. If the animal presents a clear and present danger to the public health or safety, it shall be the duty of the animal control officer or his or her agent to impound such animal.

(b)   For the purposes of this chapter a vicious animal shall include:

(1)   Any animal with a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or domestic animals coupled with the apparent ability to inflict harm and resulting in the immediate apprehension of bodily harm by a person in fear for his or her safety or the safety of another person or animal;

(2)   Any animal which in an aggressive or threatening manner, approaches any person in an apparent attack upon the person while on public streets, sidewalks, any public grounds or places, or on private property;

(3)   Any animal which is urged by its owner/keeper to attack, or whose owner/keeper threatens to provoke such animal to attack; and

(c)   For the purposes of this chapter a vicious animal shall include:

(1)   Any animal which attacks a human being or a domestic animal without provocation;

(2)   Any animal owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of fighting, or any animal trained to fight. The following animals shall be presumed to have been trained to fight: (i) any dog involved in a staged fight, (ii) any dog exhibiting wounds or bodily disfigurements commonly associated with dog fighting, (iii) any dog found or kept on premises at which equipment is located that is commonly associated with training dogs to fight, or (iv) any dog found or kept with other dogs that (a) have been trained to fight or (b) presumed to have been trained to fight; and

(3)   Any animal which is urged by its owner/keeper to attack, or which owner/keeper threatens to provoke such animal to attack.

(d)   It shall be the duty of every owner/keeper of any dog in the city, which dog is vicious or has been known to bite, chase, or run after any person or animal. any place within the city, to keep the same muzzled with a good and sufficient wire or leather muzzle, securely fastened so as to wholly prevent such dog from biting any animal or person until such time as a determination has been made by the municipal judge as to whether the dog is vicious or not. Any person owning, keeping or harboring any dog within the city limits contrary to this section shall be guilty of a violation of this code.

(e)   Upon a finding by the municipal judge that an animal is vicious, the municipal judge may order that the animal be destroyed. This paragraph shall not be construed to prevent the animal control officer or any law enforcement officer from taking whatever action is reasonably necessary to protect him or herself or members of the public from injury or danger, including immediate destruction of any vicious animal without notice to the owner.

(f)   Upon finding by the municipal judge that an animal is dangerous, the owner/keeper of the animal shall be required to comply with the following:

(1)   The owner/keeper of the animal shall annually register the dangerous animal with city and shall have a microchip inserted into the animal. The microchip shall detail the dangerous animal registration and such other information as may be appropriate to determine the animal’s ownership. The owner/keeper of the animal shall pay a $50.00 annual registration fee and shall pay all costs associated with the microchip procedure and registration.

(2)   All dangerous animals shall be securely confined indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen. Such pen, kennel or structure must have secure sides and a secure top attached to the sides. All structures used to confine dangerous animals must be locked with a key or combination lock when such animals are within the structure. Such structure must have a secure bottom or floor attached to the sides of the pen or the sides of the pen must be embedded in the ground not less than two feet. All such structures must be adequately lighted and ventilated and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

(3)   All dangerous animals shall be spayed or neutered.

(g)   If a complaint has been filed in the municipal court against the owner/keeper of an impounded animal, charged as a vicious animal under this section, the animal shall not be released except upon order of the municipal judge after a finding that the animal is not vicious and after payment of all impounding fees in addition to any penalties for violation of this chapter. Surrender of an animal by the owner/keeper thereof to the animal control officer does not relieve or render the owner/keeper immune from the decision of the municipal judge, nor to the fees or fines that may result from a violation of this or any other section of this chapter.

(h)   Any person violating or permitting the violation of any provision of section 2-115 shall upon conviction in municipal court be fined a sum not less than $200 and not more than $1,000. In addition to the fine imposed, the municipal judge may sentence the defendant to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. Should a defendant refuse to surrender an animal to the animal control officer, if ordered by the municipal judge, the municipal judge shall find the defendant owner in contempt and order the immediate confiscation and impoundment of the animal. Each day that a violation of section 2-115 shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition to the foregoing penalties, any person who violates section 2-115 shall pay all expenses, including shelter, food, handling, and veterinary care necessitated by the enforcement of section 2-115.

(Ord. 784; Ord. 866; Ord. 880; Code 2018)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any animal or fowl under his or her control to be or to run at large within the city.

(b)   Any animal or fowl running at large within the city shall be impounded as set out in sections 2-117, 2-118 or 2-205.

(c)   The owner of any animal or fowl impounded for running at large shall pay all costs and charges incurred by the city for impounding and maintenance of the animal or fowl.

(d)   Violation of this section is punishable by a minimum mandatory fine of sixty dollars ($60).

(e)   On a second conviction of this section within a twenty-four (24) month period from the first conviction, a minimum mandatory fine of eighty dollars ($80) shall be imposed.

(f)   On a third or subsequent conviction of this section within a twenty-four (24) month period from the first conviction, a person shall be deemed to be a habitual violator, and a minimum mandatory fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), shall be imposed.

(g)   In addition to the minimum mandatory fines required by this section, the municipal judge may impose any term of imprisonment authorized by section 1-116.

(h)   This section shall not apply to dogs running at large.

(Code 1967, 2-101:102; Ord. 410, Sec.2; Code 2003; Ord. 866; Code 2018)

The animal control officer or law enforcement officer shall impound any animal or fowl found at large in the city or constituting a nuisance or otherwise in violation of this chapter in a suitable pound or enclosure provided or contracted for by the city. The impounding officer shall make diligent inquiry as to the owner of the animal and shall notify the owner thereof of such impoundment as soon as reasonably possible. The city shall be entitled to receive from such owner an impounding fee of $25 for the first day and $15 each additional day and any such other costs incurred above the impounding fee. In case the identity of the owner of the impounded animal or fowl cannot be ascertained, the animal shall be considered a stray.

The animal control officer or police officer shall, upon taking any such animal into custody and impounding the same, make a record thereof, with a description of the animal and the date and place taken into custody and the place of impounding, and shall thereupon immediately post a public notice stating that the animal, describing the same with the date and place of taking, has been taken up, and that unless the charges of impounding the same, together with any license fees due and unpaid, are paid within three (3) business days from the date of the notice, that the animal will be disposed of as provided in this code.

Any animal not redeemed by its owner within three (3) business days, shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the animal may be sold, adopted, euthanized or otherwise disposed of by the city.

The animal control officer shall each month submit a report to the city administrator showing the number of animals impounded and disposed of, and the fees collected pursuant to this article and shall pay those fees to the city clerk for credit to the general operating fund.

(Code 1967, 2-102; Code 2003; Ord. 866; Code 2018)

Any law enforcement officer or local health officer may take up, upon private or public property, any animal which has bitten or scratched a person or other animal and impound the animal in a veterinary hospital or animal care facility for a period of not more than 30 days during which time the animal control officer and/or health officer shall determine whether or not such animal is suffering from a disease and, if not, the animal control officer and/or health officer shall authorize the release of the animal upon payment by the owner of the boarding fee therefore. The animal control officer and/or health officer may authorize the keeping of any such animal on the owner’s premises if the owner produces a rabies vaccination certificate showing that the animal has valid rabies vaccination protection. Impoundment costs shall be borne by the owner.

(Code 2003)

Whenever a dog, cat or other animal is bitten by a rabid animal or an animal later proved to have been rabid, it shall be the duty of the owner of the animal that is bitten, to report that fact to the local health officer and/or the police department. It shall also be the duty of the owner of the bitten animal to either destroy or have his or her bitten animal destroyed unless:

(a)   The animal which was bitten had been vaccinated against rabies at least three weeks before being bitten and has a current vaccination;

(b)   If the bitten animal has a current vaccination, it shall be confined for 90 days;

(c)   The bitten animal shall be released from confinement only upon written order from the local health officer, who declares the animal to be free of rabies; and

(d)   If the animal is found to have contracted rabies during confinement, it shall be properly disposed of.

(Code 1986)

Any person who as the operator of a motor vehicle strikes any animal shall stop at once and shall immediately report such injury or death to the owner of such animal, or in the event that the owner cannot be ascertained, and located, the operator shall at once report the accident to the animal control officer.

(Code 1986)

The mayor is hereby authorized whenever in his or her opinion the danger to the public safety from rabid animals is made imminent to issue a proclamation ordering all persons owning any animal in the city to confine the animal in a good and sufficient enclosure from which the animal cannot escape or fasten such animal by means of a chain on the premises where the owner may reside, for such time as may be specified in such proclamation. Any animal not confined during such time may be disposed of wherever found by any police officer, or the duly authorized animal officer of the city. The owner of such animal shall be prosecuted for such violation thereof.

(Code 1967, 2-209; Code 1986)

Whenever any animal has bitten a person, it shall be the duty of the owner or harborer of such animal, or any police officer of the city or any other person having knowledge of such incident to report the same to the city animal control officer and/or health officer who may order that the animal be quarantined on the owner’s premises or impounded at the owner’s expense for a period of not less than 10 days, and until such time as the animal control officer and/or health officer finds that such animal shows no evidence of having rabies. If it is determined that such animal is suffering from rabies, it shall be forthwith disposed of; otherwise it shall be released from quarantine.

(Code 1967, 2-210; Code 2003)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to slaughter, kill or butcher any bovine animal (cow, calf, bull, steer, heifer), any swine (pig, hog, sow or boar), sheep and/or goat within the corporate limits of the city.

(b)   It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any waste products, offal, or other body parts of any slaughtered animal within the corporate limits of the city in the public trash container dumpsters provided within the city.

(c)   Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 for each violation thereof.

(d)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to any commercial slaughtering or butchering facility that is licensed and inspected by the state of Kansas or the United States Department of Agriculture.

(Ord. 802A; Code 2018)